bangaii cardinal fry?? HELP

[taylormoon777]

hi everyone! i have a pair of cardinals and woke up yesterday to find 3 little babies hanging out by my huge filter intake i have no idea how many there were but i could only find 3. i was not expecting this or i would’ve prepared better
i scooped them up and added them to a breeder box i have, and put some chaeto in there too. it’s attached to an airpump so it has flow.
i feed my other fish frozen mysis but i fear its to big for the babies.
they’ve been in there since yesterday and im a little worried they might not be getting enough food.
i have a lot of copepods everywhere in my tank so are they eating those? or should i try and find some freshly hatched brine shrimp from my LFS. they don’t open until tomorrow, will they be okay?? i also saw on here that i could hatch my own? if anyone has any information on that i greatly appreciate it!!
i’ve only ever raised guppy fry saltwater babies are out of my comfort zone but im already attached i need them to live lol HELP! thank you in advance!! <3

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Just giving this a bump. Hopefully someone else can chime in with their experiences on this.

Good luck!

 

[JayM]

Hatching your own brine shrimp might be your best bet. Feed them to the cardinals within about 12 hours after they hatch.

 

[taylormoon777]

Just giving this a bump. Hopefully someone else can chime in with their experiences on this.

Good luck!

thank you

 

[taylormoon777]

Hatching your own brine shrimp might be your best bet. Feed them to the cardinals within about 12 hours after they hatch.

i have a 5 gallon that i’ve been breeding pods in, i gave them some and they went crazy for it! do you have any idea how much i should be feeding them?

 

[painter1982]

They are normally mouth brooders. I fed mine copepods freshly hatched brine shrimp and reef roids. I (my fish) successfully raised many batches without additional food too.

 

[JayM]

i have a 5 gallon that i’ve been breeding pods in, i gave them some and they went crazy for it! do you have any idea how much i should be feeding them?

Honestly no. I have no idea.

 

[SeaWhatYouSave]

I had some bangaii cardinal babies living in the overflow for my 500 gallon for a while. I didn't feed them at all--they seemed to be fine just eating the crushed up flakes that were getting sucked into the overflow from feeding my fish in the display.

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

i have a 5 gallon that i’ve been breeding pods in, i gave them some and they went crazy for it! do you have any idea how much i should be feeding them?

Maybe this will help.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/feeding-cardinal-fry.1011635/

 

[Under The Sea]

update?